I just recieved a Vine that is a collection of Video performances of both the ABB & Gregg solo on one DVD. There's some pretty nice stuff included there, but this one visual really grabbed my attention. On that DVD there is a segment with Gregg, Dickey & Dan playing "Melissa" on the "Tomorrow Show w/Tom Snyder".. where these 3 are playing what appear to be brand new Ovation Guitars. Ovation?... could these have been part of the appearance package?... " OK, Tom will have you on, you'll play and talk to Tom Snyder, but you have to play these Ovation Guitars".. Weird thought, I know, But I'm a guitar player. Those guitars, nice as they may be, didn't "ring"... didn't sound ... Allman...

I am not a HUGE ovation fan, but I DO like them... I have one. It wouldn't be my first choice for most things, but going around doing little crappy acoustic gigs where I have to plug in, is nice to not over worry about my guitar! And actually it sounds quite good for that circumstance. There is a lot of tone control, so you can get that tinny electrified sound out and make it sound more acoustic. In my opinion, there isn't really anything that sounds acoutic through a pickup anyway.

Guitar snobs amuse me. I've been a professional musician for the last 5 years, playing mostly acoustic gigs. My guitar of choice is an Ovation. If you find a good American-made Ovation, and you know your way around an EQ, they are the perfect live instrument. They are affordable, they sound great "plugged-in" and they are virtually indestructible. The last thing I want to do is lug a $3000.00 guitar out to a gig in bad weather and have to worry about drunk A-holes knocking my guitar over. My Ovation has been through the ringer. When this one finally heads to the junk heap, I'll buy another one.

quote:Guitar snobs amuse me. I've been a professional musician for the last 5 years, playing mostly acoustic gigs. My guitar of choice is an Ovation. If you find a good American-made Ovation, and you know your way around an EQ, they are the perfect live instrument. They are affordable, they sound great "plugged-in" and they are virtually indestructible. The last thing I want to do is lug a $3000.00 guitar out to a gig in bad weather and have to worry about drunk A-holes knocking my guitar over. My Ovation has been through the ringer. When this one finally heads to the junk heap, I'll buy another one.

Yes... what he said. I actually like it not plugged in too, but it wouldn't be what I record with (for professional recordings, I use it constantly on demos).

By the way, I've had mine for almost 20 years, and it'll be along while before I have to replace it.

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